kongsi

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A benevolent organization of popular origin found among overseas Chinese communities for individuals with the same surname. Indonesia,Malaysia,Singapore
    — By 1970, for instance, the state authorities considered these kongsi to be unfit and unhygienic for living, and they were ordered to be dismantled.

词形变化

kongsis plural kongsi plural

词源

Borrowed from Hokkien 公司 (kong-si, “company”). See also Hokkien 公班衙 (kong-pan-gêe / kong-pan-gê), English British East India Company, Dutch Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie (“Dutch East India Company”, literally “United East India Company”).
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